Non-uptake of HIV testing in children at risk in two urban and rural settings in Zambia: A mixed-methods study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Merten, Sonja ^a,b   Ntalasha, Harriet ^c   Musheke, Maurice ^d  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV TEST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL NORM; URBAN AREA; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ZAMBIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84975886195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155510     Document Type: Article

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